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• Preimplantation diagnosis for early-onset Alzheimer disease caused by V717L mutation 

  Verlinsky, Yury; Rechitsky, Svetlana; Verlinsky, Oleg; Masciangelo, Christina; Lederer, Kevin; Kuliev, Anver (2002-02-27)

  CONTEXT: Indications for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) have recently been expanded to include disorders with genetic predisposition to allow only embryos free of predisposing genes to be preselected for transfer ...
• Attitudes and knowledge about genetic testing before and after finding the disease-causing mutation among individuals at high risk for familial, early-onset Alzheimer's disease. 

  Marcheco-Teruel, Beatriz; Fuentes-Smith, Evelyn (2009-02)
• Genetically selected baby free of inherited predisposition to early-onset Alzheimer's disease 

  Spriggs, M. (2002-10)

  The application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis to select against early-onset Alzheimer's has been criticised on several grounds. Some critics think it is wrong to reject an embryo because it may develop a disease ...